#NewSouthWales #Victoria #Queensland #Australia

Polling reveals climate concern rises in country regions; locals name bushfires, heatwaves and floods as key reasons for this

Energy company profiteering blamed most for high bills

63% of residents living in regional Renewable Energy Zones support the shift to clean energy, just 17% oppose

https://www.miragenews.com/rural-climate-change-concerns-surge-1662871/

#ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦘✨ While most #swamp #wallabies have dark coats, some are born with a rare golden sheen due to a genetic #mutation.

Photographer Jack Evershed spent 80 hours tracking an elusive marsupial on #Australia's #GoldCoast to capture this footage. Scientists suggest the lighter #color might help them blend into sandier #woodland habitats.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-rare-and-elusive-golden-swamp-wallaby

#animals #biology #camouflage #cute #forest #genetics #marsupials #nature #queensland #science #wallaby #wildlife #woods #tksst #video

Australia’s south-east set for drier and hotter winter as BoM forecasts potential El Niño
By Graham Readfearn

Queensland and NSW set for lower than usual rainfall in May, June and July, while temperatures in most of the country likely to be higher than normal

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/27/weather-australia-el-nino-bom-forecast-winter-dry-hot

#Australiaweather #ElNiosouthernoscillation #Australianews #Queensland #NewSouthWales #Climatecrisis #GrahamReadfearn

Men accused of raping cellmates mistakenly allowed to stay in shared cells by Queensland prison staff
By Ben Smee Queensland state correspondent

Strict protocols violated by corrections staff who wrongly believed sexual assault cases were ‘closed’, ombudsman finds

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/27/men-accused-raping-cellmates-shared-cells-brisbane-prison-ntwnfb

#Prisons #Queensland #Australianews #Rapeandsexualassault #Health #Foodsafety #BenSmeeQueenslandstatecorrespondent

Queensland’s renewable energy ‘whiplash’: how the shift from coal stalled in Australia’s most polluting state
By Graham Readfearn Environment and climate correspondent

In 2024 seven solar and windfarms and seven storage projects – totalling 3,202 megawatts – had been approved. Then came the LNP government

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/27/queenslands-renewable-energy-whiplash-how-the-shift-from-coal-stalled-in-australias-most-polluting-state

#Queensland #Queenslandpolitics #Greenhousegasemissions #Environment #Renewableenergy #Australianews #Solarpower #Windpower #GrahamReadfearnEnvironment #climatecorrespondent

Anzac Day 2026 across Australia – in pictures
By Guardian Staff

Memorial services were held across the country to mark the 111th anniversary of the landing by Australian and New Zealand troops at Gallipoli before dawn on 25 April 1915

https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/apr/25/anzac-day-2026-across-australia-in-pictures

#AnzacDay #Australianews #AnthonyAlbanese #Sydney #Melbourne #Canberra #Queensland #AustralianWarMemorial #Australianmilitary #GuardianStaff